[SUBSCRIBE AICALIST Heidi Gettons]

I have been having the discussion regarding this thread today with our Health Information team who are responsible for ensuring we comply with standards . We currently keep all our sterilisation logs for 7 years. We still have a manual system with instrument tray labels (containing sterilisation date, load number) being placed in the patients medical record when used. These records are discarded 7 years if an adult. Seeing these records are patient identified, do they need to be kept for 15 years not 7?

Heidi Gettons
Infection Control
The Bays Healthcare

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